Boxing-glove.



F. DIETERLE.

BOXING GLOVE.

APPLICATIQN FILED FEB. 21

Patented Nov. 28, 1916.

ll ll FRANK DIETERLE, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE A. REACH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOXING-GLOVE.

Application filed February 21, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK DIETnRLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxing-Gloves, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved form of boxing glove, and has in view two main objects, the first being to furnish a very wlde opening to the interior of the glove so that the taped hand of the user may be lnserted readily, and the second is to provide means whereby the hair filling in the back of the glove and in the wrist may be adjusted at will according to the fancy or requirement of the user.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a face view of the glove showing the open palm portion, while Fig. 2 is a rear view showing the improvement relating to the wrist; Fig. 3 being a sectional view to show these features more clearly.

In the accompanying drawings the glove generally is of usual form and construction. It differs from the usual boxing glove in that I form a very wide opening for the insertion of the taped hand of the boxer, accomplishing this by the use of a tongue or flap A, being in one piece with the front section B and extending over the wrist, a little to one side of the center of the glove. I then use two flaps C, O, which are secured at each side of the glove, disconnected at the bottom and adapted to overlap the tongue and to be held together under any suitable tension by ordinary lacings D, passing through eyelets E. The flap sections extend all the way to the wrist end of the glove but are independent throughout their extent and have padded sections F in the wrist extensions. The flap including the thumb portion is a little wider than the opposite flap.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 3 the wrist section is clearly defined by an opening in the Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial N 0. 79,692.

back as at a, through which access may be had to the central wrist portion and also to the back of the glove, this opening being normally closed by lacings which pass through to the inside of the wrist portion so as to separate the wrist from the body of the glove and thus provide flexibility at this point and allow free movement of the wrist of the user. Through this opening the hair or other filling within the glove proper or the wrist or cufi. section may be adjusted to meet the special requirements of the user by making it harder or softer. The lacing I prefer to pass through from one side to the other.

In practice the glove has proved very effective in that it gives the maximum opening at the front for the insertion of the hand; it gives perfect flexibility at the wrist or cuff and between it and the body of the glove, and also provides for any desired adjustment of the filling within the glove and wrist to meet the particular requirements of the user.

What I claim is: V

1. In a boxing glove, the combination with a pair of side flaps secured at the sides of the glove and adapted to provide an opening the full width of the glove, of a tongue independent of the side flaps and secured only at its top and covering the palm and wrist of the wearer, and means for holdin said flaps together above the location of the tongue.

2. In a boxing glove, abody portion containing a filling, a wrist or cufi' portion, and a lacing connection for joining said portions, whereby an opening may be formed between the same to gain access to the filling of the glove.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK DIETERLE.

WVitnesses:

ROBERT F. NIXON, J r., HARRY M. WARD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. G.

Patented Nov. 2%, 191 5. 

